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this is what worries me. if they mostly stop our running game and bo has another bad outing as with our o line and the usual suspects it would not surprise me to see us get beat.

not being smartazz but sometimes you can only laugh!

i wish you guys were more clear in your answers.................lol

the way we can play so good and then stink up the joint has me worried about all the rest of our games to be honest. i am not dissing the team at all but it is what it is.every now and again i just want a game with no worries about the outcome............

Rewinding Auburn basketball’s season-opening win against Morehead State By Tom Green | tgreen@al.com 5-7 minutes For the first time in 20 months, Auburn Arena was rocking again. After a season in which attendance was limited due to COVID-19, Auburn Arena was back to full capacity as the Tigers opened their 2021-22 campaign. The student section arrived early and The Jungle was abuzz as Bruce Pearl’s team tipped off its highly anticipated season. Read more Auburn basketball: Auburn opens 2021-22 season with Final Four hopes Acclimating new PGs becoming annual affair for Bruce Pearl Auburn has luxury of biggest frontcourt of Bruce Pearl’s career No. 22 Auburn defeated Morehead State, 77-54, in the teams’ season-opener as the Tigers began their quest for a Final Four run against one of last year’s NCAA Tournament teams. Wendell Green Jr. paced four Auburn players in double figures with 19 points to go with five rebounds and three assists. K.D. Johnson had 12 points, while Devan Cambridge added 11 and Jaylin Williams finished with 10. Freshman Jabari Smith Jr. finished with eight points, six rebounds and three assists in his collegiate debut, while UNC transfer Walker Kessler chipped in with six points, six rebounds and five blocks. Below is a blow-by-blow recap of the night’s action. FINAL: Auburn 77, Morehead State 54 -- Auburn clears its bench with 1:11 to play. Walk-ons (and former walk-on Preston Cook) in the game now. -- Former Auburn star Sharife Cooper is in the house tonight. He’s the Celebrity Letter Holder. -- Auburn 71, Morehead State 45 (4:01): Loudest roar of the night comes after -- who else? -- Dylan Cardwell throws down a fastbreak dunk. The fan favorite then blows a kiss to the crowd. -- Jabari Smith is checking back in with five minutes to play, but before he does, K.D. Johnson goes down hard under the hoop after a collision on Morehead State’s last basket. He stays down for a couple minutes but walks off under his own power as fans chant “K.D.!” -- Auburn is on a 10-0 run since the last timeout. -- Auburn 57, Morehead State 43 (7:52): At the under-eight timeout, Jabari Smith is still getting his leg stretched out and looked at on the end of the bench. -- Stoppage in play with 10:16 to go. Jabari Smith goes down on the court and has to be checked on. It’s his left leg. He walks up under his own power and is stretching his leg out on the bench. Based on how he was stretching, it appears to be a quad issue. -- Auburn 55, Morehead State 41 (11:10): Morehead State has outscored Auburn 17-11 this half. Tigers haven’t scored in 2:03, while the Eagles are on a 6-0 run. -- Auburn 53, Morehead State 34 (14:24): At the under-16 timeout, Auburn is being outscored 10-9 this half. But Devan Cambridge just brought Auburn Arena to its feet with a hammer down the left wing. -- K.D. Johnson scores five straight for Auburn after Morehead State opens the half with back-to-back baskets. HALFTIME: Auburn 44, Morehead State 24 -- Morehead State gets a little life late in the half, knocking down six of its final eight shots. At the break, Wendell Green Jr. is pacing Auburn with 11 points (3-of-5 from deep). Jabari Smith has eight points and five rebounds. Walker Kessler has four points, five rebounds and four blocks. -- Auburn 40, Morehead State 14 (3:07): We’ve hit the under-4 timeout in the first half. It took Morehead State a little more than 15 1/2 minutes to reach double-digit scoring against Auburn tonight. Tigers are shooting 56 percent from the floor, including 54 percent from deep. Eagles at just 25 percent overall. -- Auburn 30, Morehead State 6 (7:15): At the under-8 timeout, Auburn is in the midst of a 10-0 run and an extended 17-2 run. Morehead State has missed its last five shots. Wendell Green Jr. leads all scorers with 11. -- Auburn 20, Morehead State 4 (10:58): What a sequence from Wendell Green Jr. First he drives baseline and finishes with a reverse layup. Next trip down the court he spots up from 3 in transition to make it a 7-0 run for Auburn over the last 1:42. Walker Kessler has three blocks now, too. -- Morehead State’s first made basket comes nearly seven minutes (6:53) into the game. Auburn currently leads 15-4 after answering with a dunk from Walker Kessler. -- Auburn’s season-opening run ends at 11 straight points. Morehead State gets on the board with a pair of free throws from Ta’lon Cooper 5:21 into the game. -- Auburn 9, Morehead State 0 (16:13): Auburn opens on a 9-0 run as Jabari Smith drills a 3-pointer from the top of the key. He’s gonna be a problem for teams this season. Walker Kessler also has two blocked shots already, as Auburn’s defense has come out on fire. -- It’s 6-0 Auburn after a make by Devan Cambridge (on an intended lob to Walker Kessler that instead found the hoop) and a 3-pointer by Wendell Green Jr. -- Zep Jasper gets the first point of the 2021-22 season. He splits a pair of free throws to give Auburn a 1-0 lead. -- One defensive trip down the court, one blocked shot for Walker Kessler. -- Auburn wins the tip, and Walker Kessler gets to the foul line on a drive to open things up. He misses both. PREGAME -- Auburn starting lineup: G Wendell Green Jr., G Zep Jasper, G Devan Cambridge, F Jabari Smith, F Walker Kessler. -- Morehead State starting lineup: G Skyelar Potter, G Tray Hollowell, G Jake Wolfe, G Ta’lon Cooper, F Johni Broome. Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

Auburn provost Bill Hardgrave named University of Memphis president By The Associated Press 1-2 minutes Bill Hardgrave The University of Memphis’ board of trustees named Bill Hardgrave as the school’s new president on Tuesday. Hardgrave comes to the Tennessee school from Auburn University, where he had served as provost, senior vice president for academic affairs, and dean of the business college over a 11-year period. In 2013, Hardgrave secured a $40 million donation for Auburn, which was the largest donation to the university at the time, Memphis said in a statement announcing the hire. Hardgrave also served as the Bradberry Chair in Information Systems in the business school at the University of Arkansas, and he established the school’s Information Technology Research Institute in 1999, the statement said. He replaces M. David Rudd, who will be leaving his position in May to return to the Memphis faculty.

Kickoff time, TV Channel announced for Auburn vs South Carolina Lance Dawe 1-2 minutes The Tigers will not be getting the same treatment they got in Columbia, South Carolina last season. Auburn faces off against South Carolina on November 20th at 6 p.m. CST on ESPN. Auburn currently leads the all-time series 10-2-1. Last season, the Tigers lost in Columbia 30-22, giving the Gamecocks their first win over Auburn since 1993. Both Auburn and South Carolina are experiencing program revivals following the firing of their respective coaches last year. The Tigers are currently 6-3, with an outside shot to the SEC Championship Game, and the Gamecocks are 5-4 with their third-string transfer QB at the helm. SC is also fresh off of a dominant win over Florida. Auburn takes on Mississippi State this Saturday, whereas South Carolina takes on Missouri.

247sports.com Auburn opponent preview: Mississippi State defense ByJason Caldwell 4-5 minutes 2 Minute Drill: Auburn's offense falls flat at Texas A&M When you think about the Mississippi State Bulldogs, you automatically turn your attention to offense and throwing the football under Coach Mike Leach, but once again this is a defense that is physical at the line of scrimmage and has athletes all over the field. Currently 11th nationally in rushing defense, allowing just 102 yards per game and six touchdowns on the ground, Mississippi State held N.C. State to 34 yards, Memphis to 87, LSU to 63, Vanderbilt to just nine and Kentucky to only 66. Against the three best rushing offenses Mississippi State has faced however, the Bulldogs haven’t been as dominant. Texas A&M ran for 162, Alabama 195 and Arkansas went for 202 yards in last week’s Razorback win in Fayetteville. Overall, Mississippi State is 65th nationally scoring defense, giving up 25.3 points per game and 34.8 points in losses to Memphis, LSU, Alabama and Arkansas. The strength of the defense is at linebacker where redshirt junior Aaron Brule (6-1, 230) leads the way with fellow redshirt junior Nathaniel Watson (6-2, 240) expected to get the start alongside him with another redshirt junior Jett Johnson (6-2, 235) the top reserve at the position and leading the team with 64 tackles. A native of Maplesville, Alabama, Watson is second on the team with 58 tackles and also with three sacks. Brule has 35 tackles on the year and leads the team with five and a half tackles for a loss. Up front, pass rusher Tyrus Wheat (6-2, 265, Sr.) is the leader of the group with four sacks and five tackles for a loss to go along with a forced fumble. On the other side, redshirt junior Randy Charlton (6-3, 265) also has three sacks, part of 19 on the season for the Bulldogs. In the middle, 6-3, 310 Cameron Young is the most active of the group with big man Jaden Crumedy (6-5, 310, RJr.) and Nathan Pickering (6-4, 300, Jr.) both capable of making plays. In the secondary the Bulldogs feature two of the top cornerbacks in the Southeastern Conference, 6-2, 200 junior Martin Emerson and 6-0, 180 sophomore Emmanuel Forbes. Both have 41 tackles this season with Forbes leading the team with three interceptions. He has six interceptions in the last two years. A starter at the dog position (rover), 5-10, 205 Fred Peters is third on the team with 48 tackles and has also added a pair of interceptions. Rounding out the starting lineup in the secondary are senior safety Jalen Green (6-1, 200) and Montgomery native Collin Duncan (6-0, 205, Jr.). Green is tied with Peters for second on the team with a pair of interceptions. E 5 Randy Charlton (6-3, 265, R-Jr.) 9 De’Monte Russell (6-4, 265, R-So.) NG 93 Cameron Young (6-3, 310, R-Jr.) 22 Nathan Pickering (6-4, 300, Jr.) DT 94 Jaden Crumedy (6-5, 310, R-Jr.) 15 Jack Harris (6-3, 270, R-So.) SAM 2 Tyrus Wheat (6-2, 265, Sr.) 34 Sherman Timbs (6-2, 265, R-Sr.) MIKE 14 Nathaniel Watson (6-2, 240, R-Jr.) 16 DeShawn Page (6-2, 225, So.) WILL 3 Aaron Brule (6-1, 230, R-Jr.) 44 Jett Johnson (6-2, 235, R-Jr.) CB 1 Martin Emerson (6-2, 200, Jr.) 30 Decamerion Richardson (6-2, 195, So.) FS 19 Collin Duncan (6-0, 205, Jr.) 36 Jay Jimison (6-0, 200, R-Sr.) SS 0 Jalen Green (6-1, 200, Sr.) 24 Dylan Lawrence (6-4, 205, R-So.) DOG 38 Fred Peters (5-10, 205, Sr.) 12 Shawn Preston Jr. (6-0, 205, R-Jr.) CB 13 Emmanuel Forbes (6-0, 180, So.) 9COMMENTS 27 Esaias Furdge (6-0, 185, R-Jr.) *** Subscribe: Receive the latest Auburn intel and scoops*** ">247Sports

Why you could see ‘a lot more’ of Ladarius Tennison in Auburn’s secondary By Tom Green | tgreen@al.com 6-8 minutes Smoke Monday had an inclination this was coming from Ladarius Tennison. It was only a matter of when the sophomore defensive back got his opportunity. That came last weekend against Texas A&M, when Tennison stepped in for an injured Zion Puckett in the secondary and delivered a career-best performance. Tennison had eight tackles, including the first tackle for loss of his career, as Auburn’s defense turned in a stalwart performance—albeit in a losing effort—on the road. Read more Auburn football: Bryan Harsin’s message to Bo Nix, Auburn’s offense: “Find that consistency” Harsin on Auburn’s offensive rut: “We need to have better plays” and “better play calls” Bowl projections for Auburn after Week 10 “Man, me personally, I was just waiting for it,” Monday said. “I knew he had it in him the whole time. He just needed the opportunity to go out and show what he can do. As you guys saw, he went out and showed that he’s capable of doing the job. He’s capable of coming in and helping out the defense in a big way.” It was a long-awaited performance from Tennison, who appeared in line for a bigger role in Auburn’s secondary following his freshman campaign last fall. The sophomore entered the offseason in line to take over as the Tigers’ starting nickel following the departure of Christian Tutt. He was the heir apparent to that spot after a freshman campaign in which he appeared in all 11 games, finished with 21 tackles and started each of the team’s last two games — against Mississippi State and then against Northwestern in the Citrus Bowl — at nickel. Thanks to depth concerns on the back end, though, Tennison spent most of the spring working at safety alongside Monday. The Tigers also overhauled their personnel in the secondary, bringing in a slew of transfers to the fold: Vanderbilt’s Donovan Kaufman, FCS All-American Bydarrius Knighten, JUCO transfer Ro Torrence and West Virginia transfer Dreshun Miller. Once the favorite to take over in the slot, Tennison’s role was up in the air by the fall. By the time fall camp ended, Tennison’s name was absent from Auburn’s two-deep depth chart. That didn’t deter the former four-star athlete out of Florida. “Since day one when Ten came in, he was a smaller guy, but he’s rocked up,” edge defender Derick Hall said. “He’s a really good player, a smart guy. He works really, really hard on his technique and fundamentals and really wants to be successful. That was nothing new for us. He definitely prepares like a starter, like a pro. He does everything the right way. When you come to work and try to take the next step everything falls in line.” Though not on the two-deep, Tennison has seen the field in eight of Auburn’s nine games this season—all except the season opener against Akron. His first start of the year came against Georgia State, but his biggest opportunity came last week against Texas A&M. With Puckett sidelined due to an injury he sustained a week earlier against Ole Miss, Tennison’s number was called upon. Just like he did throughout the spring, he stepped in alongside Monday at safety and came through for the Tigers’ defense. “He just played lights out tonight,” linebacker Chandler Wooten said after the game. “He’ll continue to be a force for us.” Tennison’s eight tackles against the Aggies were second on the team to Monday’s nine. Six of Tennison’s tackles were solo stops, including one for a 4-yard loss on the first play of the second half. He also made an impressive tackle in the open field on a bubble screen, as well as a key stop on special teams, when he stopped Devon Achane at the Texas A&M 10-yard line on a kickoff return in the first half. Tennison’s performance was notable, though not without its mistakes. He was flagged for a personal foul on punt coverage, when he hit Texas A&M’s Ainias Smith after he called for a fair catch at the 5-yard line, gifting the Aggies 15 yards and a more manageable starting position at the 20-yard line. “He did some really good things,” Auburn coach Bryan Harsin said. “One of the things when you play more, maybe some of those little penalties, things don’t happen as much because you just have more reps, you have more experience out there. But he showed he can play physical. He showed he can play fast. He showed that he’s going to go out there and be a guy that gives great effort. “We clean up a couple decisions that he had, but when you’re playing hard like that, sometimes things happen. I’ll take the relentless effort from a guy out there playing fast, and he did a good job stepping up.” Teammates credited Tennison’s big game to his preparation, approaching practice with a starter’s mentality — something he has done throughout the season, even when those kind of gameday reps in the secondary weren’t a given. He has a high motor and brings that “relentless effort” that Harsin alluded to every day in practice, sometimes inadvertently hitting teammates during tag-tempo portions of practice. “That’s just the player he is,” Hall said. “He’s very physical and loves the game of football. Seeing that out of him this past weekend was not a surprise for us.” That mile-a-minute mentality still needs to be reeled in, at times, but Tennison’s motor, physicality and versatility -- with the ability to play in the slot and at safety as well as on special teams -- are assets for Auburn, though, and his performance against Texas A&M gave his teammates further confidence in him. Puckett’s status is still up in the air for this weekend’s game against Mississippi State, as Harsin has not addressed the severity of the starting safety’s injury. Even if he’s cleared for Saturday’s 11 a.m. kick, Tennison may have earned himself more reps in the secondary moving forward. “He really maximized his opportunity this week,” Monday said. “I think you’ll see a lot more of him coming up in games. He can continue to make an impact on this defense.” Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

Bottled up: Auburn looks to uncork explosiveness on offense ByNathan King 4-5 minutes Week 10 Reaction: Texas A&M Beats Auburn, 20-3 (Late Kick Cut) AUBURN, Alabama — The Tigers’ offense exploded in College Station, but not in the good way. Particularly in the passing game, Auburn was severely limited in a 20-3 loss in College Station, turning in zero explosive plays of 20 yards or more in one of the team’s worst offensive performances in recent years. First-year coach Bryan Harsin all season has emphasized the importance of creating “shot” plays in Auburn’s offense, and how they open up play-calling options for Mike Bobo, and scheming options for the group as a whole — both running and passing. But nothing Auburn could do — scheme-wise or in terms of an individual performance — could unwind the cork that Texas A&M bottled up the Tigers for 3.2 yards per play with. “It doesn't just have to come off of a play call,” Harsin said Monday. “That can come from players, too — breaking a tackle, getting out in open space. … You see guys that are tackle-breakers, and then you see guys that are explosive and get one-on-ones, and they win one-on-ones in that situation. That's what a lot of your explosive plays come from.” Auburn had none of that Saturday in the passing game. Running back Tank Bigsby was Auburn’s best form of offense, with three carries that picked up double-digit yardage and a 4.6-yard average. But the quarterback-to-receiver connection — which was obviously hindered by Texas A&M’s brutal defensive front, which produced four sacks — was almost nonexistent. Bo Nix threw 41 passes, and only five were completed to wide receivers. The longest completion of the day from Nix to one of his receivers was 10 yards. “We didn't manufacture it, and it didn't come from, really, any of our players to make that happen,” Harsin said of Auburn’s limitations on offense. “Those things have to happen; those things have got to show up in games. Explosive plays are a big part of offensive success. You're trying to get them, and defenses are trying to eliminate them.” Nix’s 3.7 yards per attempt at Texas A&M were the fewest for an Auburn quarterback in a game since Jarrett Stidham (3.3) in the 14-6 loss at Clemson in 2017. Stidham was sacked 11 times that game. But even in that loss — one of the worst offensive performances in recent program history (117 yards) — the Tigers still had one 23-yard completion in the passing game. Nix on Monday compared Texas A&M’s defensive scheme and talent level to Georgia, which boasts the top defense in college football. But even back in early October, Auburn had six passing plays that gained at least 20 yards against the Bulldogs. It’s been more than five years — a 13-7 loss at Georgia in 2016, where Auburn didn’t have a single first down in the second half — since the Tigers went without an offensive play of at least 20 yards. “We have to do a better job being consistent in all aspects of the game — rushing and throwing, then sprinkling in some creativity in there,” Nix said Monday on his weekly appearance on The Next Round radio program in Birmingham. After kicking a field goal on their second drive, the Tigers only entered Texas A&M territory during three of their final 10 possessions of the game. They missed a field goal in the red zone in the third quarter but had a couple other optimal opportunities in the first half, when a pair of three-and-outs by their defense gave them the ball at their own 47- and 49-yard line. Nix overthrew Ja'Varrius Johnson on an explosive-play opportunity on the first possession, and Auburn went three-and-out and punted from just across midfield both times. “Our defense created really good field position for us,” Harsin said. “We were at midfield a lot in that game, and we didn't take advantage of it. We didn't find ways to get down closer to the end zone and put points on the board or find ways to score.” Auburn now ranks 70th nationally and eighth in SEC on the season in creating explosive plays of 30 yards or more. 9COMMENTS *** Subscribe to Auburn Undercover for the latest news and intel, podcasts, recruiting coverage and more ***

Senior spotlight: Auburn defensive back Smoke Monday Auburn University Athletics 7-9 minutes AUBURN, Ala. – One hundred thirty-five career tackles. Six interceptions, including pick sixes against Alabama in 2019 (29 yards), Tennessee in 2020 (100 yards) and against Georgia State (36 yards) earlier this year, along with a blocked punt in the 2018 Iron Bowl. So many big plays have highlighted the career of Quindarious "Smoke" Monday that any recap of his four seasons in Auburn is as hard to contain as his namesake whisp of smoke. "The first thing people ask me is why I'm called Smoke," the senior safety explained. "When I was little, I was a grandma's boy and a granddad's boy. I was with my grandma Bertha Duffy and my granddad Big Will Monday a lot. My granddad gave me the name. I was always running around the house and he just started calling me Smoke and from that point, it just stuck. "He passed when I was about 12 and I always told myself I'm going to honor him by using the name he gave me. And it's been a great name for me to go out and show the world ever since. I hope I've done a good job at making him proud by continuing to do what I do best and playing ball as a high-character guy and just being me -- always trying to brighten somebody's day and showing people all the ability God gave me." The ability that moved Monday from state champion Carver High in Atlanta to his college home was brightest on the football field. "I played a lot of sports when I was little," Monday, who chose football after his sophomore year, remembered. "I kind of knew football was going to be my way out and I put everything aside to focus on football. "And I like to hit people. Growing up, I was a star on offense – I used to score like five touchdowns a game when I was little and it was always fun to be that person scoring all the touchdowns and making everybody look silly. "But as I got older, I realized there weren't many people with my body type and my ability to play the defensive back position, so I felt like it was a no-brainer for me. By me showing I can do it at this size, and do it at a high level, it shows a lot of people this is a new generation of people who can play the position." What's it like delivering a tackle? "It's basically just adrenaline rushing, but it's got to happen for us because we're on defense. Every single tackle I make I feel like I get better and better, so it feels like my game is improving throughout. "An interception? Now that's pretty special, because there aren't many people who can get the ball in their hands on the defensive side. The only thing that goes through my mind before I grab the ball when I know I'm fixing to catch a pick is, 'I've got to score.' That's been my motto ever since I started playing defense; every time I get the ball, it's my chance to show people how good I was on offense with the ball in my hands. Smoke Monday celebrates Auburn's 2021 win vs. Georgia State "But I love playing defense. My favorite part of the game is when we're clicking on all cylinders," he said with his trademark smile. "When defense is playing well, when offense is playing well, when special teams are playing well, it just makes the game that much more fun. "When you see everybody around you doing their thing and having fun -- if everybody's doing what they're supposed to do and doing the right things and getting in the right position every single time, it brings out the competitiveness in everybody wanting to go make a play. It's great." And Monday has had a lot of great days in the Orange and Blue. "I chose to come here because it's been like home," the all-SEC performer said. "My momma could trust the coaches to take care of me and make sure everything was fine. Even when I was going through stuff that you go through at this age, she knew they were going to be there for me and she didn't have to worry about me being away from home. "I loved the players here – they were great to me on my recruiting visit and when I got here, they still were great and taught me a lot of things to get me right for being at college. "Daniel Thomas and Jeremiah Dinson – those guys taught me a lot about life, not just about football -- they helped me outside of football and things that most freshmen go through. I feel like I'll always have those friendships long after I leave Auburn. And now I get to be that guy." What values would Monday pass along to his younger teammates? "The things I believe in – I believe in hard work. I've always worked hard. I also believe in preparation. How you prepare for something and how much you prepare will determine the outcome of what you've been preparing for. If you prepare for a test and you're well-prepared, I feel like you will go in that test and ace it, but if not, the stress is something you asked for because you didn't prepare well. "I always wanted to be a guy that everybody looks up to, because where I'm from, there are a lot of people who wish they had the opportunities I've had. For me to come here and do what I've been doing shows the people back home that it's possible. That's everything I strive to be every day – a role model for the people who didn't have much like I didn't." Monday does all of it with a perpetual smile on his face. "I've always been that kid who's always happy, who's always trying to brighten somebody's day even when my day is going bad. That's an attitude God blessed me with and I want to use it in a positive way every single day, even if I'm not having the best day. It's me trying to be positive and try to make everything the best I can make it every single day." The gregarious four-year letterman received his bachelor's degree in August in interdisciplinary studies with emphasis in sports coaching and leadership. "Those I feel are the things that are visibly lacking in my community back home," Monday said. "I want to help the kids back home, who don't have some of the people I have in my life right now to teach me a lot of different things. "It's so much more than just coaching a sport; it's life coaching. I feel like that's my calling for when football is done. I know exactly what I want to do." Monday, reviewing his college days, is glad he chose to start that life's work on the Plains. "What's going to stick in my heart about Auburn is it's just so calm, there's never much violence or chaos here -- it's always calm and the people are so loving here," Monday said. "They love anybody that lives in Auburn that goes to the school or follows the sports. "It's a happy time being at Auburn and I feel like people who come here would love it because it's just a homey feeling that you don't feel at most places. "This is my second home – I always come back to Auburn and feel like I'm at home." And the Auburn Family? "They're the best. They just want you to be the best version of yourself every single time," he explained. "Even though you didn't have the best game, they're always going to tell you things you did well and tell you things to improve on. And that motivates me because I want to get better every single game. "I just want to say my four years at Auburn have really been a great four years for me. I love this place, the environment of the fans, the atmosphere, and how loving the people are in Auburn. "Auburn will always be my home. I will continue to love this place no matter what and I will always come back and show the love the fans showed me. War Eagle!" Pick six: Smoke Monday returned an interception for a touchdown in Auburn's 2019 Iron Bowl win

i saw that and almost posted it.

drivin and crying has always been one of the most underrated bands in the country.hell now you cannot find a cd of theirs on amazon.

on his missed kick against a&m one of the announcers said the holder did not have the ball in the proper position. this was the one that hit the crossbar. i have also heard this is a problem this from a couple of fans but they are not coaches so who knows?

every time i get a like from runninred i feel like the great wizard of oz has come out from from behind his curtain to bless me lol. yep i am crazy as hell............

you forgot one arm as well. i am not dissing tj at all as i would like to see more of him but i think harsins doing what is the best right thing to do right now to win games. i still do not get bo sitting a series or more if it takes it to wake bo up. the sad truth is bo has no faith in his line. he cannot come out and say it but our o line struggled and had a really bad game. i think they gave their all but saturday they were outclassed. a&m had some serious studs on that d. they are the best in the league right after jawja in my humble opinion.

Bryan Harsin denies Fisher’s claim over snap count By Nubyjas Wilborn | nwilborn@al.com 5-6 minutes Auburn quarterback Bo Nix (10) talks with coach Bryan Harsin during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, in College Station, Texas. Texas A&M won 20-3. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP Bryan Harsin pushed back Monday on Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher’s claims over the weekend that Auburn was simulating the Aggies’ snap count. Fisher was upset with two false start penalties in the third quarter with the game tied at 3-3 that pushed his team back ultimately resulting in a field goal in what could have been a touchdown. Texas A&M went on to win 20-3, but after the game Fisher was still upset about the calls and said he was going to call the SEC league office to complain about Auburn being allowed to simulate Texas A&M’s snap count without penalty. “Here’s what gets me. If you can do that and get a delay of game. You can do that and get a delay of game. You can call a snap count, and it ain’t a penalty,” Fisher told reporters Saturday after the game. “Ain’t that amazing, when you’re down there on the goal line when they’re calling your snap count? I’m sick and tired of it, man. You’re going to call all that garbage and then not do that. And you can’t hear. You couldn’t hear the slap or anything else.” Read more Auburn football: What Auburn coach Bryan Harsin about upcoming game against Miss St https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/2021/11/bryan-harsin-on-auburns-offensive-rut-we-need-to-have-better-plays-and-better-play-calls.html Bowl projections for Auburn after Week 10 After initially claiming to not be very familiar with Fisher’s claims, Harsin offered his perspective Monday on the A&M coach’s critiques. He said if his defensive players were talking, they were talking to each other rather than simulating the snap count. “I don’t even know if they know the snap count,” the Auburn head coach said. “I know on the first one, watching it, their offense was pointing at our guys,” Harsin said. “Then they had another one again, on the second play, back-to-back, I think their left tackle -- he moved and put his head down. Usually, when a guy on offense moves and drops his head, it’s on him, alright? Most of the time, offensive linemen don’t sell it very well. Like, if they made a mistake, they acknowledge it. That’s most of their nature -- take it, accept it and move the ball back.” Harsin, a former college quarterback, also pushed back on the effectiveness of what Fisher alleged Auburn was doing. Harsin said he didn’t think many defenses teach trying to do it and can only remember one or two instances in his career he can remember it possibly happening. “I’ve been around coaches that are like, we’re going to go out there and use their snap count for what we do. Guys do that; it doesn’t last long,” Harsin said. “Officials are on that. I think officials actually do a pretty good job, if you’re a team that claps, and the defense goes out there and claps and tries to draw you offsides or tries to use your verbal cadence in there -- for the most part, the officials are pretty good about that. And I don’t really ever see that being a big factor. So I think that’s just -- I think when that stuff happens, everybody just feels like that. But I don’t think it actually goes on very often.” Ultimately, the game resulted in the Tigers no longer controlling their destiny to win the west. Auburn needs to win its remaining games starting with this Saturday at 11 a.m. against Mississippi State. The following week takes the Tigers to play a South Carolina team that trounced Florida last week. The season ends with an Iron Bowl matchup at home against Alabama. Harsin knows the Tigers can’t dwell in last week’s game or subsequent allegations of snap count manipulation. “If you want to be great at something there’s a level of focus and discipline you have to have every single day and focus on the things that matter in order to keep improving,” Harsin said. That’s always going to be the challenge. Better people with the right mindset, you get the right people in here and that process becomes a little bit easier because they’re already driven to do those things. That’s the challenge. You bright in, not just people, but the right people that want to achieve that. It becomes more of an identity for your team. Those are the things we’re working on now.” Nubyjas Wilborn covers Auburn for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @nwilborn19.

Twitter flags GOP lawmaker's anime video depicting him killing Ocasio-Cortez, attacking Biden Dartunorro Clark Mon, November 8, 2021, 10:52 PM Twitter added a warning label Monday to a tweet from a Republican lawmaker that depicted an animated killing of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and an attack on President Joe Biden — saying the post violated the company's rules about "hateful conduct." But the tweet, from Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., will remain accessible for the "public interest," Twitter said in its notice. Gosar shared an altered video Sunday evening in which he and other Republican lawmakers, including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado, are depicted as heroes from the Japanese anime series "Attack on Titan." The post-apocalyptic series revolves around a small civilization that lives in a bordered-off city to protect itself from giant human-like creatures called Titans. Ocasio-Cortez's face is superimposed on one of the Titans, who is killed by Gosar's character. His character also attacks a Titan with Biden's face. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Ocasio-Cortez responded in a tweet, calling Gosar "creepy" and criticizing GOP leaders. "And he'll face no consequences bc @GOPLeader cheers him on with excuses," she wrote, referring to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. "Fun Monday! Well, back to work bc institutions don't protect woc," or women of color. Gosar, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, has been at the forefront of efforts to downplay the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He made headlines in 2018 when six of his siblings appeared in an ad endorsing his congressional opponent. Gosar's siblings later pressed for him to be removed from office for his fringe views. "Happy Monday in America, where@GOPLeader McCarthy's colleague just posted a video of himself swinging two swords at President Biden. These blood thirsty losers are more comfortable with violence than voting. Keep exposing them," Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif, tweeted Monday, tagging McCarthy. Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., characterized Gosar's actions as "sick behavior." "In any workplace in America, if a coworker made an anime video killing another coworker, that person would be fired," Lieu tweeted. Gosar and McCarthy's offices did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Neither did Greene's or Boebert's. The video, which Gosar also posted on Instagram, appears to include video of migrants at the U.S. southern border — similar to a 2018 ad tweeted by Trump. In the clip shared by Gosar, video of migrants and border patrol agents is intermixed with animated scenes in which the words "drugs," "crime," "poverty," "money," "murder," "gangs," "violence" and "trafficking" appear on the screen. Instagram did not immediately respond to a question about whether the video violates its policies.

Rolling Stone Ryan Bort 15-18 minutes November 8, 2021 4:15PM ET Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas All-Star Roster of Anti-Democracy Activists Including Michael Flynn, John Eastman The committee wants to know what those closest to Trump knew about the attack on the Capitol Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has been subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the events of Jan. 6. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The House Select Committee investigating the events of Jan. 6 has issued a slew of new subpoenas to prominent Trump World figures — including Michael Flynn, John Eastman, Jason Miller, and more — in a significant acceleration in its inquiry into the causes of the Capitol attack. “In the days before the January 6th attack, the former President’s closest allies and advisors drove a campaign of misinformation about the election and planned ways to stop the count of Electoral College votes,” Select Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said in a statement. The Select Committee needs to know every detail about their efforts to overturn the election, including who they were talking to in the White House and in Congress, what connections they had with rallies that escalated into a riot, and who paid for it all.” In addition to Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser who has become one of nation’s most prominent conspiracy theorists; Eastman, the former Trump lawyer who drafted a memo instructing former Vice President Mike Pence how to overturn the election results on Jan. 6; and Miller, a Trump campaign adviser, the committee is also calling for documents and testimony from Bill Stepien, who managed Trump’s 2020 campaign, Angela McCallum, a Trump campaign assistant, and Bernie Kerik, a former New York City police commissioner whom Trump pardoned. The committee is calling for all six of the figures issued subpoenas to produce documents by Nov. 23, and to testify before the committee in depositions that will take place at the end of November and into December. Here’s what we know about why the committee is targeting these six figures: Michael Flynn: Flynn’s subpoena refers to an Oval Office meeting Flynn “reportedly attended” on December 18, 2020. At the meeting in question, participants apparently “discussed seizing voting machines, declaring a national emergency, invoking certain national security emergency powers,” as well as the best ways to continue messaging that the 2020 election was marred by widespread fraud. Why would the committee think Flynn would have anything to do with a conversation like that? Perhaps because the day before, the former Trump White House national security adviser appeared on Newsmax, where he detailed the potential options available to Donald Trump, including the seizure of voting machines and use of “military capabilities” in order to “rerun” the election in certain states. “People out there talk about martial law like it’s something that we’ve never done. Martial law has been instituted 64 times,” Flynn said. None of that, of course, was particularly surprising either, given Flynn’s well-documented history of anti-Democratic inclinations, his chummy private conversation with a Russian ambassador, his involvement in a plot to kidnap and smuggle a Turkish dissident to an island prison for $15 million, or his suggestion (he’s since claimed to have been misquoted) at a QAnon convention that the United States should have its own Myanmar-style military coup. (That coup has claimed at least 1,000 lives so far.) John Eastman: Eastman’s role in the attack has been brought into question recently after it was revealed in a new book from Bob Woodward and Robert Costa that he drafted a memo instructing Pence how to subvert the Constitution and block the certification of the 2020 election results on Jan. 6. The committee notes that Eastman, a former Trump lawyer, also told legislators that it was their “duty” to “make sure that we’re not putting in the White House some guy that didn’t get elected,” and that he participated in a Jan. 5 meeting at the Willard Hotel in which Rudy Giuliani, Steve Bannon, and others plotted how to overturn the election results. Eastman also delivered a speech at the rally at the Ellipse on Jan. 6. Jason Miller: Miller was a longtime — in Trump World terms, anyway — adviser to and spokesperson for Trump who worked on the 2020 campaign. Miller repeatedly pushed the idea that the election was stolen, helped coordinate post-election press events broadcasting the idea that it was rigged, and reportedly participated in the Jan. 5 meeting at the Willard Hotel in which Bannon, Giuliani, and others discussed how to overturn the results and prevent Biden from taking office. Bill Stepien: Stepien was Trump’s campaign manager in 2020, a role that would typically consist entirely of helping your candidate attempt to win the election. But after failing utterly in that task, Stepien took things a step further, urging state and party officials to delay the certification of Biden’s win, an attempt to create chaos and sow doubt about the outcome. The team’s endgame was to get state lawmakers to send an alternative slate of electoral votes to Congress, allowing Trump’s GOP allies there to override the will of their voters during a certification process on… Jan. 6. Angela McCallum: The subpoena sent by the select committee identifies McCallum as “national executive assistant” on Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign. The subpoena says the committee’s ongoing investigation and public news reports “have revealed credible evidence that you are aware of, and participated in, efforts to spread false information about alleged voter fraud in the November 2020 election.” Specifically, the subpoena cites reporting by a Michigan news outlet that said McCallum left a voicemail for an unnamed Michigan state representative in December 2020. At the time, then-President Trump had declared Joe Biden’s victory fraudulent and invalid, and lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell were spewing baseless claims about rigged voting machines and voter fraud. In her voicemail message, McCallum said she was calling from Trump campaign headquarters “on behalf of the president.” She told the lawmaker that he could be “a crucial part” of Trump’s reelection and urged him to “reclaim your authority” and “send a slate of electors that will support President Trump and Vice President Pence.” McCallum ends the message by asking if Trump can “count on you” to support a rival slate of electors. In the end, the leaders of Michigan’s Republican-controlled state legislature did not send a rival slate of electors, saying they did not have the legal power to do so. You can listen to McCallum’s voicemail message here. Bernard Kerik: Where to begin with Bernie Kerik? Kerik first landed on the national scene as the tough-talking New York Police Department commissioner under then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the time of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Kerik’s profile rose from there, and President George W. Bush nominated him to run the Department of Homeland Security in 2004. Kerik’s fall, however, was as swift as his rise, his legal troubles piling up before he ultimately pleaded guilty to two counts of tax fraud, one count of making a false statement on a loan application, and five counts of making false statements to the federal government in 2010. But in early 2020, President Trump granted him a full pardon, with Trump personally delivering the news. With his connection to Giuliani, Kerik found a place in Trump’s inner circle, and played a not-insignificant part in the Trump team’s efforts to stop Biden’s election victory by any means necessary. According to the select committee’s subpoena, Kerik allegedly participated in a pivotal meeting on January 5th at the Willard Hotel across the street from the White House. Also at the meeting were Giuliani, Steve Bannon, DOJ lawyer and election-saboteur John Eastman, and several others. The attendees discussed strategies for “overturning the results” of the election, the subpoena says, including “pressuring Vice President Pence to not certify the electoral college results.” Kerik did more than attend that January 5th meeting. He also paid for rooms and suites at Washington hotels that “served as election-related command centers” as well as helped Giuliani since as early as November 5th “investigate allegations of voter fraud and promote ‘Stop the Steal’ efforts,” the subpoena says. It’s unlikely that everyone who was subpoenaed Monday will cooperate. Steve Bannon defied a subpoena to testify before the committee last month, prompting the House to vote to hold him in criminal contempt. The Justice Department is now deciding how it plans to proceed. Jeffrey Clark, a Trump Justice Department official, responded to a subpoena but last week refused to answer questions from the committee, claiming executive privilege. “He has a very short time to reconsider and cooperate fully,” Thompson said on Friday. “We need the information that he is withholding and we are willing to take strong measures to hold him accountable to meet his obligation.” It’s unclear if the committee will attempt to subpoena members of Congress, but they’d have good reason to considering Rolling Stone’s report last month that several prominent Republican lawmakers were “intimately” involved in the planning of the events of Jan. 6 that turned violent. In the meantime, the committee is drilling down on what Trump’s inner circle knew about the attack on the Capitol that left five dead and dozens injured in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 election. Newswire talk about scum..............wow. trump lawyer drafting letters to mike pence on how to overturn a fair election. and tell me my pretty republicans how many are ok with this? how man are going to vote for trump again while pretending you love your country?

Rolling Stone S.E. Cupp 19-24 minutes November 8, 2021 8:35AM ET Tucker Carlson Is a ‘Manipulative Son of a Bitch’ — and Other Thoughts from Adam Kinzinger The outgoing Republican lawmaker gets candid about what he was ready to do Jan. 6, his next election, and whether Republicans will pay a price for their addiction to Donald Trump Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) walking to a House Jan. 6 select committee hearing in July. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/ Getty Images) Adam Kinzinger is the kind of Republican that Democrats say we need in Congress to put American politics on a more even keel. Throughout Donald Trump’s rise to power, Kinzinger, a 43-year-old Republican representative from Illinois, grew more wary of the president’s willingness to stay inside the boundaries of his executive authority and more convinced that Trump would try to dismantle democratic institutions that got in his way. Kinzinger was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for “incitement of insurrection,” and he’s one of only two Republicans, along with Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, sitting on the House select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. But while Democrats say they want a Republican like Kinzinger, when presented with a real-life example, it becomes clear that a lot of them don’t really mean it. Democrats in Illinois redrew Kinzinger’s district on unfavorable terms and essentially ended his career in the House. “I think that what it says to people is that you want Republican allies in the defense of democracy until it’s politically advantageous to not,” Kinzinger says. Kinzinger announced last month he won’t run again, another setback for a politician who was once seen as destined for bigger things. A veteran of the Iraq War, a principled and cleareyed conservative who avoided the kind of culture-wars talk that had become increasingly prevalent on Fox News and Facebook, Kinzinger was frequently the subject of presidential chatter. That is, until he started opposing former President Donald Trump. As he (mildly) puts it, he is now “persona non grata,” censured by his party and shunned by some members of his own family. Now, as he contemplates his future, the question is: Who is left to cheer him on, besides the lonely island of Never-Trump conservatives (like me)? Because while everyone says they want a Republican like Adam Kinzinger, when presented with a real-life example, it’s not clear that anyone wants a Republican like Adam Kinzinger. I sat down with him to discuss a potential run for president, what lies ahead for the GOP that left him behind, the Jan. 6 insurrection, and whether he has any regrets. So, who are Adam Kinzinger voters? Well, there’s about six people. I can give you their names. Look, I think there is a large group of people that are Republican, independent, and Democratic that, if you asked them, “Do you feel like you deeply belong to a party, or do you feel politically homeless?” would say “politically homeless.” I think right now the biggest problem in our political system is that we’re arguing the same solutions to the same problems we did when Ronald Reagan was elected. If we stay in the same battles our parents have been fighting with each other, it’s not going to change. But don’t you have to want to solve problems to do that? It feels like today’s politics favors leaving systems broken, so you can run on them and fundraise off them. On immigration, particularly, we’ve come so close, many times, to real, comprehensive immigration [reform]. And it’s always the extremes that tank it, 100 percent of the time. But it’s a two-way street. On guns, if your answer to me is that gun bans are the only way to solve violent crime, and you’re not going to listen to a thing about mental health, we’re not going to have a conversation. That’s why I think there has to be a radical kind of soft revolution in how we do politics. We can change the system. We can change the narrative. But it’s going to take the younger generation, which I’ll put myself in. So, are you the leader of that radical revolution? I don’t know if I want to be the leader of the radical revolution. But I think I can put a voice to what people have been thinking, but they don’t necessarily know. If you’re in the matrix, right, and you’re convinced that the only answer, if you don’t like Joe Biden, is Donald Trump, and, if you don’t like Donald Trump, it’s Joe Biden, there’s this little political matrix you’re in. Every issue is binary. You’re either pro-life or pro-choice. Pro-gun or anti-gun. Outside the matrix is this whole, beautiful array of candidates, of ideas, of solutions. The inner city and the rural town are diametrically opposed, politically. But they have the same issues, they’re confronting the same problems: drug use, broken homes, hopelessness, no jobs available. They should actually be politically aligned, but the parties have convinced them to oppose each other. So, am I the leader? Look, I’ll put [my PAC] Country First out there and see what people say. It’s been growing fast. How do you feel about not returning to Congress? When I landed in D.C. on Monday, it was the first time I ever landed in the District and didn’t feel a seriously major, heavy weight land on top of me. I can’t explain it, but every member that announces they’re not running again tells me the same thing. Do you blame Republicans for driving out conservatives like you, or Democrats for redistricting? I think this is an important point — I’m not disappointed. I get so many people who call me like, “How’re you doing?” like I just lost somebody. I’m doing great, honestly. But I blame Democrats for drawing that map. And I think that what it says to people is that you want Republican allies in the defense of democracy until it’s politically advantageous to not. To me, that means they don’t understand how real the threat to democracy is. Speaking of, take me back to Jan. 6. I knew there was going to be violence. I didn’t necessarily know they were going to sack the Capitol, but I knew there was going to be violence. In fact, I warned [House Minority Leader] Kevin McCarthy two days prior to it. And he was very dismissive of it, of course. But I asked my staff to stay home. I came in, it was kind of a normal morning. I was watching Trump’s speech and it was crazy, like usual. I remember seeing [Donald Trump] Jr. say, “This is now Trump’s party.” And I’m like, well that’s creepy. And then Trump says, “I’m going to go with you to the Capitol.” I’m like, “Man, this is bad.” So I went down for the opening of the certification. And then I left, pretty much when the proceedings started, and then spent basically the next six hours in my office, hunkered down, with my gun out, prepared to defend against my own party. Were you ever genuinely scared? Yeah. I’d say maybe it’s around 2:30 p.m., and there was a moment where I was like, “Man, there’s a real sense of evil.” I can’t explain it any further than that. And I’m not one of these guys that feels evil a lot. But I just felt a real darkness, like a thick, bad feeling. And there was about a 15- to 30-minute time frame, where, at one point, you realize they’ve breached the Capitol. I know if they can breach those outer lines, they can get anywhere, including my office. And I had been targeted on Twitter that day and prior, like, “Hangman’s noose. We’re coming for you.” And people know where my office is. So I barricaded myself in here, thinking, “If this is as bad as it seems, they may end up at my office, breaking this crap down, and I may have to do what I can.” So, you contemplated having to discharge your firearm on American citizens? Yeah, I thought about it. If you’re already at a point where you’re beating down police officers, and you’re willing to sack the U.S. Capitol, which hadn’t been done in hundreds of years, if you come face-to-face with Chief RINO in his office, who doesn’t believe that Donald Trump won reelection, yeah, they’re going to try to fight and kill me, and I’m not going to let that happen. Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6 Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images Do people like Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) genuinely believe what they’re saying, whether it’s that the election was stolen or the insurrection was just a protest, etc.? I think nobody believes what they’re saying, with few exceptions. There’s been a belief now that the ends justify the means, so we’ll say whatever to get power, and the power will be the victory. Well, in self-governing, when you self-govern, the ends can’t justify the means because you break real, basic trust. You and I can hate each other, but we have to agree that our vote counts. Will there be a price to pay for Republicans who enabled him? I think in the short term, there will be no price they will have to pay. I think in the short term, stoking division, using the fear and darkness, will win the midterms in 2022. In the long term, this will destroy the GOP. Or it will destroy the country, because this is an unsustainable path. And the problem is, when you have a two-year election cycle, and you look at all these “treasures” we’re going to gain if we gain the majority, it’s easy to put the moral reasons for not doing certain things aside. I mean, when the NRCC puts out a test message to its current donors that opens with, “You are a traitor!” you realize we have scraped the bottom of the barrel to fundraise. And it works, unfortunately. There were a lot of warning signs over the course of Trump’s administration that he’d try to dismantle democratic institutions if they became inconvenient. Did Republicans — including you — ignore some of those signs? I think so. At the beginning of the Trump administration, he put really good people around him. They gave us a little hope that a lot of it was an act, that these people would keep him on the right path. And then he started to pare them off for loyalty. I think the big thing was, obviously, in the first impeachment with Ukraine — I want to be clear — If I went back in time, I would vote for the first impeachment. That is a regret I have, that I didn’t. But I want to be clear on that. It was at the end of the year, and the Democrats had made the decision they had to rush this through and vote for impeachment. We were wanting witnesses. I mean, I actually went into that with an open mind. If they proved [it], I will vote for impeachment. When they started rushing it, you can say that gave me an excuse, or it gave me a legitimate reason. When did you realize Trump was dangerous? Leading up to those moments, when I started to see the president wink and nod towards this QAnon stuff. When you start to see — he had retweeted some pastor about an impending “civil war in America.” For s***’s sake, you can’t do that. You’re the president of the United States. If you’re in the middle of a civil war, you shouldn’t be tweeting about a civil war. That’s the kind of stuff, when I look back on it, I’m like, I thought he was a really selfish, self-centered dude, but there were a lot of real destructive tendencies there. Your wife worked in the administration, for Vice President Pence, until the last year, when she moved to the Department of Homeland Security. So, you’re in Congress, standing up to Trump, and she’s working for him. What was that like? I’m convinced that there was retribution against her, to an extent, because of me. There were awkward moments, but it is a lot easier that she worked for Mike Pence than Donald Trump, because while I have massive disagreements with what Pence did, with the exception of Jan. 6, he’s a decent human being. I want to ask about a couple things in the news right now. The first is what happened in those state elections in Virginia and New Jersey. I think [Democrats] are kind of chasing the wrong thing at the moment. I think this idea that Glenn Youngkin won [Virginia governor] because the Democrats didn’t pass a giant spending bill is probably not very accurate. I think they’re not hearing the voices of the heartland, the people that are disaffected that used to vote for them. What about the passing of the bipartisan infrastructure bill this week? I support the legislation passed by the Senate … and voted for its passage. [It] contains significant investments for roads, bridges, rails, seaports, airports, and inland waterways — core infrastructure most Americans agree are in need of improvement. And paid family leave? You’re going to be a new dad soon. I’m supportive of it. I never understood the importance of paternity leave until I saw a lot of my friends start having kids. The devil’s in the details. How do we get to an actual agreement? Or is this just going to be a political weapon? We need to rethink how we do things in this country, in terms of encouraging families, encouraging togetherness. People feel so disconnected. What about the Republicans who came out against Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for spending time at home with his adopted, prematurely born twins? I highly doubt that the secretary was totally disconnected from work. Although he probably could have been and should have been. But he has deputies, I’m sure he was in touch. And [Fox News host] Tucker Carlson took nothing but a cheap shot at him because it was a temporary hit of Pixy Stix or a shot of heroin, it makes people feel great, they stay on. The rage works. And he created rage. Talking about Pete Buttigieg learning how to breastfeed — like, c’mon man. You’re obviously ignorant. Which I don’t think. I think Tucker’s really smart. You’re a manipulative son of a bitch who abuses your viewers for your own personal profit. Lastly, will you run for office again? I’m looking at governor and senator in Illinois. That’ll be a decision I’ll make by January. And I’m not ruling out anything in 2024, either. It’s not what I’m pursuing. But I also recognize that I have a fire that, while it’s a little quenched here in the House, it’s actually much more ignited for the broader fight. I know that sounds cheesy, but it’s the only way I can describe that feeling, which is, going out there, telling the truth, throwing the system under the bus, showing people how the system can work, but has to be reinvented. That’s where I find my fire. Newswire

saturdaydownsouth.com Bryan Harsin explains how Bo Nix can bounce back from Saturday’s loss Keith Farner | 15 hours ago 1 minute Bryan Harsin understands that Auburn’s offense has some improvements to make ahead of Auburn’s game with Mississippi State this week. Harsin spoke to the media on Monday, and shared how QB Bo Nix can bounce back from a performance where he was 20-for-41 passing for 153 yards and an interception. He also discussed Auburn’s recent offensive drought since scoring 28 points in the first half against Ole Miss, and how to climb out of it. “Bo, he’s capable of it,” Harsin said. “He didn’t have his best game obviously. There’s things and reasons why. It’s not always on that one particular position. We know we have to correct … One, is we’ve got to score touchdowns. Six quarters with no touchdowns, I mean, that’s pretty tough … We need to have better plays, we need to have better play-calls.” H/T Jordan Hill.